Careers

We are looking for а Marketing Manager to be part of Kenes’ team – the world’s leading Professional Conference Organizers of medical and scientific events.

The position has a key role in assisting the Marketing Director in the management of the department.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of 3-8 members: Marketing Managers, Marketing Coordinators and Social Media specialists
• Be the owner of the congresses marketing activities and results: provide congress marketing strategy and promotional services through a wide variety of channels, enhance congress visibility and grows, maximize the number of participants. Prepare and adhere to congresses budgets, create a wide range of different marketing materials (online and offline including videos), report on progress and effectiveness
• Build and support the congress and client brands and the marketing strategies
• Manage and improve internal and external interfaces to ensure successful deliveries, present the department in internal and external forums. Consult the internal department on joint projects related to marketing and brand strategy development
• Define and implement new tools to improve processes and procedures in the department
• Create and present high-level marketing proposals for current and potential clients
• Assist the Senior Account Managers in discussing and presenting marketing strategies for clients

Requirements:

• Experience developing and executing international marketing strategies and plans
• Experience in client management – consulting and presentations
• Hands on experience and in-depth knowledge of marketing, communications, social media and online advertising
• Experience in advertising (suppliers, graphic designers, videographers, and writers)
• Result oriented with excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong project management skills
• Experience in people management

• Analytical and creative
• Great attention to detail
• Ability to deal with interfaces across departments and countries in an international environment
• English mother tongue or mother tongue level

Education and Experience:

• MA in Marketing, Communications or MBA in Business Administration with a Marketing focus
• 3-4 years in a Senior Marketing position
• 3-4 years of experience in an international company

Please email your CV to: careers@kenes.com

Position Code: #10-2021

Objectives:

 

•  To provide administrative support in serving the associations
• To assist the Senior Association Manager in association management and ensure delivery of timely and accurate services
• To ensure that every aspect of association management is in accordance with Kenes Associations standards
• To work efficiently and collaboratively within a team

Assistance to Association Management and Operations

Administration:

• Assist with the administration of the Secretariat & Liaison Office
• Execute various administrative tasks

Membership Maintenance

• Ensuring all new applications and renewals are processed correctly
• Management of membership directories and updating and maintaining member profile information

Communication

• Responding to members on a daily basis
• Updating members’ information on association websites

Reporting and Analysis

• Providing regular membership statistics and reports
• Providing adhoc membership data as requested

Membership Promotion

• Assisting SAM to develop membership growth plans
• Coordinating the membership booth at society and related events as required

Meeting management

• Organizing of conference calls including agendas and report collation
• Coordinate logistic and operational aspects of face-to-face association meetings

Management of Association’s activities and projects

• Assist with administration of association’s operations and follow up of projects:

o   Congress requirements

o   Assembly of members

o   Workshops & endorsed Meetings and similar

o   School courses

o   Fellowships, Grants and Bursaries

o   Awards

o   Diploma and Certifications

o   others as defined by SAM

• Committee outcome management

o   Support Committee Chairs with management of grants

o   Facilitate in outcome management

o   Comunication management with applicants

o   Manage all incoming queries

o   Support in reporting on committees to SAM/Assocation’s Officers and Committee Chairs

Marketing, promotion and communication

• Prepare and coordinate association’s booth at congresses
• Assist and coordinate production of promotional materials incl. proof reading and quality control (brochures, advertisements etc)
• Coordinate shipments of promotional materials to congresses
• Coordinate production and circulation of emails (incl. proof reading and quality control) and Newsletter (incl editing, proof reading,  formatting, quality control, print, distribution online or hard copy)

Website maintenance & IT

• Maintain and update information at the Associations’ website on content management system (CMS) or in coordination with webmasters /web designers
• Coordinate development/content and of new pages

Finances

• Prepare invoice and reimbursement of out of pocket expenses
• Maintain financial records for associations’ bookkeeping
• Prepare outgoing invoices and claims of cost reimbursements
• Assist with payment and reimbursement processing
• Review and verify bills , received invoices and claims of travel expenses
• Prepare payments of financial support to 3rd parties (meeting & workshops, fellowships, grants, awards etc.)
• Prepare payments for approval of the Association’s Treasurer

External Interfaces

• Manage relations with 3rd parties (external service providers, grant receivers, awardees etc.) in the framework allocated by SAM

Qualifications: 

University degree

excellent English (written/spoken, native speaker is preferable) and one additional international language.

Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), familiar with MAC IOS.

Working knowledge of online systems such as WordPress, CRM system. Familiar with UX/UI and project management methods such as Agile.

Experience :

1-2 years (University degree) or 5 years in the service industry

Please email your CV to: careers@kenes.com

Position Code: #09-2021

At Kenes Education we develop engaging and innovative learning experiences for healthcare professionals. This means helping our clients, mostly medical associations, build e-learning portals and communities and engaging online activities throughout the year around the live/ virtual meetings. Through lifelong learning strategies, we help healthcare professionals get up to date with the latest knowledge, improve healthcare professionals’ competencies and practice and ultimately improve patient outcomes.

We are currently growing and looking for someone who will support our efforts through identifying new educational opportunities for our clients and supporters (pharmaceutical and medical device industry). As the Business Relationship Manager Medical Education, you will identify and develop new educational products and services in line with the needs of new clients (medical associations), and funding partners (pharmaceutical industry and medical device industry).

The Business Relationship Manager Medical Education will work on exciting learning projects for medical associations and manage the development process of learning strategies and e-learning projects for clients. There will be a close collaboration between the Business Relationship Manager Medical Education, Kenes Online Learning Specialists, and the Educational Committees of our clients. You will also be in close contact with other Kenes departments.

As Business Relationship Manager Medical Education, you will be part of the Kenes Education team that is delivering meaningful medical education activities to its clients with support of education grants and sponsoring. Your responsibilities will include:

• Partnering with pharmaceutical and medical device industry on medical education activities
• Collaborating with Kenes Industry Liaison and Sales to identify funding opportunities
• Preparing proposals for education products and services for association clients and industry
• Presenting our products and activities to association clients and industry
• Development of new client and business contacts and constantly seek new opportunities
• Financial management across accounts and general administration
• Client and supporter liaison
• Reviewing and making recommendations to improve the way we offer content, service and support to our clients
• Coordinating and supporting the roll out of (e-)learning initiatives
• Advising regarding blended learning delivery strategy
• Project management for learning projects

Other tasks as needed

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree and/or academic background
• Experience in sales/ business development
• Experience in medical education and/or online learning is preferred
• Fluent English (spoken and written) and clear communication skills
• Strong computer literacy including Microsoft Office (e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel) and Adobe PDF
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with colleagues from different departments and with healthcare professional clients
• Ownership and successful closing of sales and partnerships
• Relationship Management skills, proven ability to building strong relationships quickly and working in an organised collaborative manner
• Project management skills and ability to work in a structured way, being flexible and responsible to deadlines
• Technical ability: Experience and knowledge of online learning systems (LMS-Moodle and CMS/ authoring tools) is an advantage
• Experience in the pharmaceutical and/or medical device industry or with medical association is an advantage
• Experience working with Online Communities/Networks is an advantage

If interested in this exciting position, please apply by sending us your CV and motivation letter.

Please email your CV to: careers@kenes.com

Position Code: #08-2021

Kenes Group is looking for a technology project manager

We are looking for a technologist who lives, breathes and dreams of technology,

One who is interested and familiar with every new technology that comes to market, one who knows and lives interfaces between multiple systems.

We offer a dynamic and interesting role that includes leading a project in front of clients (especially abroad) and working with various interfaces within the organization.

Requirments:

Previous experience in project management / system analysis / second level support is required – or a similar position

Experience working with Photoshop

Experience in client side application – HTML, CSS, JS

Experience and in-depth knowledge of working with live streaming software – OBS, NDI, ZOOM webinar and other broadcast software

Experience and familiarity with working with Audience Engagement System software – an advantage

Ability to motivate employees and deal with stressful situations is required

High level English is required – speaking, reading and writing

Occasionally work is required on weekends

Please email your CV to: careers@kenes.com

Position Code: #06-2021

Kenes Group, is looking for a highly motivated, experienced Social Media Specialist.
The Social Media Specialist carries the overall responsibility to manage our client’s social media channels including: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram, from strategy to execution and content creation.

Responsibilities:
∙ Maintaining all aspects of day-to-day community engagement for our social media channels
∙ Collaborate with marketing teams to develop strategic social media plans for our clients
∙ Execute campaigns, maintain a content calendar, monitor and engage with audience

∙ Take initiatives to build communities for each of our clients brand.
∙ Participate in conversations and answer comments related to our content and brand.
∙ Identify and resolve problems professionally, using appropriate internal resources.
∙ Utilize strong writing skills to create social media content.
∙ Design images for posts.
∙ Manage budget for paid ad campaigns across platforms.
∙ Prepare reports – internally and externally for clients.
∙ Respond to changes in social networks and adapt accordingly.
∙ Lead workshops for clients on social media.

Requirements:
∙ Able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment

∙ Capable of communicating on status of tasks and long term projects
∙ Experience with generating ideas, self-motivated and the ability to work independently
∙ Strong collaboration skills and experience with working as a team player
∙ Excellent communication skills – oral and written
∙ Organizational and Internet research skills
∙ Understanding of social media platforms and advertising on them
∙ Ability to work on weekends when traveling

Education and Experience:
∙ Bachelor’s Degree in communications, marketing or advertising, or related field
∙ Minimum 2-3 years professional experience with social media
∙ Thorough understanding of and expert-level user of all social media technologies
∙ Experience in creating paid advertising campaigns on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
∙ Experience building online interaction among members of a large-scale community.
∙ English – native or mother tongue level – written and spoken
∙ Excellent computer skills, including all Microsoft Office programs
∙ Basic design skills

Please email your CV to: careers@kenes.com

Position Code: #05-2021

Kenes Marketing is looking for a highly motivated Senior Marketing Coordinator to join its global marketing team. This is a tremendous opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the international marketing world. The senior marketing coordinator will handle several of the main marketing deliverables in Kenes’ event promotion campaigns, including email marketing, cross promotions, collateral design, social media and more.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Marketing Manager by assisting and implementing marketing activities.
• Assist with day to day marketing tasks, coordinate marketing and promotional activities within the team.
• Ensure the execution of tasks and campaign management.
• Liaise with designers for marketing collateral production, such as flyers, brochures and exhibition-related projects.
• Assist with website briefings, production and website updates.
• Produce written content for website and online newsletters.
• Write and execute promotional
• Coordinate and implement promotional activities targeting societies and events.
• Oversee and monitor online PPC campaigns.
• Oversee and maintain social media platforms
• Report on marketing activities.

Requirements:

• Strong collaboration skills and experience with working as a team player
• Great attention to details
• Excellent writing skills
• Excellent communications skills
• Confident and outgoing personality.
• Strong understanding of the principles of marketing.
• Organized and accountable for efficiently handling multiple tasks
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and to meet deadlines.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in communications, marketing or advertising, or related field
• Minimum 2 years’ professional experience in marketing
• English native or mother tongue level –written and spoken.

Please email your CV to: careers@kenes.com

Position Code: #31-2020

Kenes Group has an exciting opportunity for a Research team leader to lead a team of research experts for Medical Congresses.
We are looking for a candidate with knowledge in healthcare, life science and pharma.

In this role, you will deliver insightful research on the healthcare sector and support the Marketing and Sales teams.

Responsibilities:

• Extensive market and industry research: collect, organize, and analyze opinions and data, explore issues, and predict trends
• Provide strategic level informational and consultative support to decision makers regarding future initiatives
• Get to know Kenes Group clients and their audiences: prepare the congress competitive analysis, as well as understand and validate the congress program in terms of its relevancy to the target audience and industry support. Suggest possible new topics
• Define the unique value of attending a congress compared to other alternatives
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge on the therapeutic field and its marketing dynamics
• Analyze industry trends, and follow pipeline developments, patents, and industry changes, such as mergers, acquisitions and the status of clinical trials
• Create reports, forecasts, and sales target analyses
• Content recommendations for marketing purposes
• Manage a team of research experts

Requirements:

• Excellent research capabilities and analytical skills
• Familiar with a diverse range of research and analysis methodologies, as well as the ability to match them to company needs
• At least 2 years managing a research team
• Creativity and problem-solving skills
• Business awareness
• Proactive approach
• Multi-tasking skills and a quick learner
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Team player
• Mother-tongue command of the English language in writing

M.Sc. in pharmacology, life science, biology, or related discipline; Ph.D. – an advantage

Please email your CV to: careers@kenes.com

Position Code: #26-2020

Kenes is looking for a Scientific Programme Coordinator to join our Operations Department. The Scientific Programme Coordinator will be responsible for our events’ scientific programme planning, coordination and management.

Responsibilities:  

• Plan, coordinate and manage of all aspects of the scientific programme 
• Communicate with client, congress VIPs, committee members and invited speakers  
• Schedule and organize committee meetings and maintain programme agendas  
• Work closely with the committee on the scientific programme, including planning, inviting speakers, abstract submission, review and scheduling, and providing solutions and recommendations  
• Manage, track changes and QA the scientific programme  
• Communicate logistical arrangements to faculty and reimbursement processing  
• Draft, responding to and keep track of correspondence in English 
• Responsible for written communications, promotional, print and online materials for the congress programme – including providing texts (in English), proofreading and QA 
• Ensure implementation of work procedures, policies and practices  
• Plan, track and prioritize tasks in timelines and work schedule and adherence to deadlines 

Requirements: 

• Well organized, detail-oriented, and accuracy in processing information  
• Ability to prioritize and multitask (4-6 projects simultaneously)   
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment and under pressure 
• Pro-active approach – ability to foresee problems before they occur 
• Service oriented – ability to communicate effectively with clients  
• Strong collaboration skills and a good team player 
• Ability to work with diverse and multi-disciplinary and remotely based teams. 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to draft correspondence in English 
• Position will require travel abroad from time to time 

Education & Experience: 

• Bachelor’s degree – advantage  
• Proven experience as a program coordinator or relevant experience 
• English – fluent – native speaker/mother tongue level, verbal and written  
• Tech savvy – excellent computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office, (Excel, PowerPoint), Outlook, and Internet research skills.  Familiarity with CMS, website back office editing experience – advantage 

Please email your CV to: careers@kenes.com

Position Code: #21-2021